How is silk used to design the most elegant sarees?
Silk is considered a luxury good in the Indian sub-continent, and about 97% of the silk is produced in five states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir. In the recent discoveries in Harappa and Chanhu-Daro, it was found that Sericulture was widely practised during the time of Indus valley civilisation between 2450 BC and 2000 BC.
The traditional name of silk in South India is Pattu. Some of the most popular Pattu silk sarees manufactured in India include Banarasi sarees, Kanchipuram sarees, Thanchoi sarees, Patola sarees and Paithani sarees.
Kanchipuram sarees get their name from the city of Kanchi located close to Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The Kanchipuram silk sarees have always stood out from the other styles due to their intricate weaving patterns and the quality of silk. Similarly, a Banarasi silk saree is made in Varanasi, which is also called...